More Than a Feeling

Camilla has just become a Christian, and she can't stop celebrating - crocheted "Jesus!" bracelets, Bible verses taped to her soccer cleats, a Bible study announced at her house. Meanwhile, Connie decides that Eugene and Katrina have let the romance drain out of their marriage, and she sets out to fix it with one perfectly planned evening. But the couple's old restaurant now serves twenty-three kinds of nachos, the surprise necklace gets cooked into dinner, and a band mangles their favorite song. Then Camilla's joy collapses too... nobody comes to her Bible study, rain cancels her soccer game, and she starts to fear she was never really saved at all. Whit helps her see that faith isn't a feeling - the truth about Jesus hasn't changed just because her week went wrong. Eugene and Katrina discover the same thing on the ride home: real love is a faithful choice, shown in small everyday acts, with or without candlelight. Camilla hands Whit a bracelet sized to fit his wrist, and the Meltsners head happily home to their quiet routine and a ten o'clock bedtime.

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2 of 2 0725 Home Again While Jason wrestles with an unexpected struggle back in Odyssey, a case of mistaken identity lands Eugene in dangerous company at a jewelry store.

0726 Push the Red Button (Live) When Eugene's new master computer program links every invention at Whit's End, one untested red button threatens to blur the line between imagination and reality.

1 of 2 0727 Your Servant is Listening A doubting girl travels back to ancient Israel, where a childless woman's desperate prayer teaches her what it means to hear God's voice.

2 of 2 0728 Your Servant is Listening When the Imagination Station drops Camilla into the tabernacle of ancient Israel, she befriends young Samuel and discovers what it truly means to listen for God's voice.

0729 No Chemistry Whatsoever When a demanding new professor takes over their easy chemistry class, Connie must figure out why she's really struggling while a Sunday-school memorization contest tempts Barrett to cut corners.

0730 The Friend Formula A lonely newcomer to Odyssey trades a rare Elvis record for lessons in a scheming boy's four-step formula for making friends - only to discover what friendship really costs.

0731 More Than a Feeling A new believer's overflowing excitement collides with a string of disappointments, while Connie pushes a long-married couple to prove their romance isn't dead.

0732 Repent After Me With opening night days away and his grades on the brink, a desperate student's shortcut on a science test pulls him into unmasking the anonymous scammer behind it - before the trail leads back to him.

0733 Big Trouble Under the Big Top When a string of suspicious accidents threatens her uncle's circus, Emily and her friend Matthew go undercover among the performers to unmask a saboteur before someone gets seriously hurt.

1 of 3 0734 Life Expectancy When a sudden loss upends Connie's world, the people of Odyssey gather around her - until an unexpected arrival brings a secret she never saw coming.

2 of 3 0735 Life Expectancy As Connie prepares to lay her mother to rest, her estranged father arrives with a surprise that upends an already heartbreaking week.

3 of 3 0736 Life Expectancy As Connie sorts through her mother's belongings, she and her friends in Odyssey wrestle with how faith makes sense of grief and suffering.

1 of 2 0737 The Pilot A young pilot chasing an airline career reluctantly agrees to fly a doctor and nurse to a remote Venezuelan village, where a mysterious illness among the babies tests far more than his flying skills.

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Minor characters & crew 5 more roles

1 featured character

David Parker Marc Evan Jackson

4 supporting roles

Televangelist Actor Unknown Football Announcer Actor Unknown Painted Flowers Singer John Campbell Panzini's Waiter Actor Unknown

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Chris Anthony Host Marshal Younger Writer Bob Hoose Director · Producer Christopher Diehl Sound Designer Dave Arnold Executive Producer

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Soon after becoming a Christian, Camilla is overflowing with excitement. She crochets bracelets that read “Jesus!” and gives them away, tapes Bible verses to her soccer cleats, cheers during a television sermon, and announces a last-minute Bible study at her house. She wants God to use her as He used Samuel, and her enthusiasm brightens even Connie’s gloomy mood.

Connie notices that Eugene and Katrina barely acknowledge the anniversary of their first date and accuses them of taking their marriage for granted. Their quiet routine - dinner, household chores, reading, and sleep around ten o’clock - looks lifeless beside the romance in Connie’s favorite movies. Katrina and Eugene try staying awake for an old-fashioned night of snacks and long conversation, but exhaustion reduces their discussion to confused stories about grass. They give up at 10:36.

Connie insists on arranging a properly romantic evening. Eugene takes Katrina to the restaurant where they had their first date, only to discover that it now specializes in twenty-three kinds of nachos and no longer serves their old meals. A necklace meant to circle Katrina’s dessert is cooked into the nachos, and a band performs an unpleasant remake of a song from their favorite musical.

Despite the mishaps, Eugene tells Katrina how deeply she has changed his life and how much joy she brings him. Katrina assures him that he already shows his love by listening, serving, remembering her needs, and treating her with tenderness. On the way home, they agree that romance is only one feeling within marriage. Their love is a faithful choice expressed in ordinary acts, even when neither of them feels especially romantic - or feels well after eating nachos.

Camilla’s first disappointments arrive just as quickly as her excitement. Only her parents attend the Bible study, her soccer game is canceled by rain, and she falls asleep while praying. She tries to replace frustration with forced praise, but soon fears that she has lost her joy, said the wrong words when she prayed, and may not truly be saved.

Whit asks why she decided to follow Jesus. Camilla answers that she knows Jesus died for her and that it is true. None of the week’s disappointments have changed that truth. Whit explains that faith is not a feeling; emotions rise and fall with circumstances, while faith continues trusting what is true. Connie adds that good and bad days come to every Christian, and trust in God carries them through both.

Reassured, Camilla gives Whit a newly enlarged bracelet, measured against a tree trunk to fit his wrist. Her first rush of emotion may have faded, but her faith remains. That evening, Eugene and Katrina happily return to their familiar routine and regard 10:03 as a perfect bedtime.